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on this episode of Defense news weekly

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the VA tackles abortion and Veteran

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suicide find out how the agency is

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addressing both issues

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and we have a conversation with a

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wounded Special Forces Soldier looking

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to set an example at the 2022 Warrior

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and who got half a billion dollars for

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new Army positioning and navigation Tech

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find out in this week's defense dollars

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and we head to the air and space forces

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associations air space and cyber

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conference to look at what's happening

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at this year's event

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it's the latest in news and Analysis

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welcome back to defense news weekly I'm

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Andrea Scott after the fall of Roe

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versus Wade questions World about how

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the Veterans Administration will handle

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the Supreme Court's decision to deem a

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federal abortion right unconstitutional

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with the massive Health System continue

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to offer the procedure in states where

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and as a federal agency how would

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Capitol Hill try to regulate that policy

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for the VA

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Capitol Hill bureau chief Leo Shane is

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here to look at the latest developments

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the fight over the Department of

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Veterans Affairs decision to offer

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abortion services to some veterans is

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heating up on Capitol Hill with

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Republicans calling the move illegal and

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promising they're going to stop it this

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stems from earlier this summer when the

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Supreme Court overturned the Roe versus

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Wade decision which had legalized

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abortion Across the Nation since then

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numerous states have stepped in and

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outlawed abortion earlier this month the

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Department of Veterans Affairs said they

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needed to start offering the procedure

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in certain circumstances in cases of

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rape incest or when the life or health

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of a veteran is endangered and they said

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they needed to do that because of the

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lack of access that veterans were seeing

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because of those new changes in state

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laws Republicans said that the

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Department of Veterans Affairs can't do

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this that existing law Outlaws them from

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providing any abortion services and

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they're saying it's pretty clear that

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this is an illegal move by those

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that abortion is wrong

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does not have the authority to offer

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abortions

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say they feel like they have a strong

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legal basis for this move because they

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needed to make sure that veterans have

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access to health care as a matter of

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fact Veteran Affairs officials expect

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about a thousand of these kinds of

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procedures to take place each year and

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they say without that they're not sure

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where veterans would be able to get any

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sort of access but as a result of the

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restrictions that create urgent risks to

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the lives and health of pregnant

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veterans and VA beneficiaries therefore

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VA modified its regulations to expand

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when medically necessary VA will now

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offer abortion counseling and provide

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abortions when the life or health of the

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veteran would be endangered if the

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pregnancy were carried to term or when

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provide abortion Services since that

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Supreme Court ruling and the Veterans

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Administration is huge the veterans

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Health Administration has hospitals all

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over the country including a number of

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hospitals in places where this procedure

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has been outlawed so for some veterans

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they will be able to go to get abortion

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services in a state like Texas which is

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outlawed the procedure but getting on

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federal grounds and avoid those state

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laws while lawmakers sort out that

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abortion fight they received much better

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news from Veterans Affairs officials on

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their Suicide Prevention efforts new

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research just released by the department

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found that the number of veterans lost a

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suicide in 2020 was the lowest total

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since 2006. that's about 650 fewer

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veterans lost a suicide from 2018 to

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2020. the suicide rate in the veterans

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community decreased by almost twice as

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much as the civilian rate and for the

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first time in 14 years the rate of

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deaths was less than 17 veterans a day

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now here's the bad news it's still close

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to 17 veterans a day and veterans are

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dying of suicide at almost twice the

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rate of their civilian counterparts this

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is a major problem for the veterans

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community and the issue has been a major

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focus of clinical work and support

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programming over the last decade for VA

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VA officials said they're cautiously

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optimistic about the recent progress but

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they also acknowledge there's a lot more

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to be done to save veterans lives

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along with the latest announcement VA

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announced 52 million in new grants to

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community groups in 43 states to help

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with suicide prevention and another 8.5

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million Awards as part of their mission

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Daybreak challenge to seek out new

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solutions to the problem

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one surprise announcement from the

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recent VA news the start of the

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coronavirus pandemic in 2020 did not

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appear to have a major negative impact

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on Veterans mental health as many

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experts had feared researchers said they

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found no evidence the lockdowns and

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stress of those early pandemic days

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resulted in more suicide attempts in

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part because of existing support

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now officials are hoping to continue to

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build on those services in coming years

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and keep pushing down those suicide

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numbers further

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for military times I'm Leo Shane

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thanks Leo

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the Warrior games are an annual

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opportunity for ill and injured service

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members and Veterans to channel their

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drive into competitive Sports

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at this year's event we spoke to one

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wounded Special Forces Soldier on what

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drives him to stay in the game let's

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check it out

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join the 2006 I joined because I wanted

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to be a Green Beret that's all I wanted

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to do since I was little thanks to Rambo

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I was just like hey I want to be that

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and then initial entry into Special

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Forces and it's one of the best career

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decisions I've made and Life Choices

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multiple deployments I'll get done in

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the end of 2017 I was medically retired

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I was injured in 2016. so what was your

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injury what happened so I was objective

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from a Humvee in a fire fight I did not

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know initially that my back was broken I

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just like hey there's something wrong it

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was towards the end of the deployment I

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wanted to stay on the team and and

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support what we had going on which is

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very common from the unit I'm from I

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didn't know until I got until I got home

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I was like hey my leg my legs are

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starting to give out I'm having problems

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is like physical therapy and and that

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for that that we have available to us

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and they said you need to go get imagery

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and that's where it all kind of came out

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and what was your recovery process like

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and how soon were you able to get into

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sports and adaptive Sports

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limited it took probably the longer

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period to wrap my head around it being

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permanent right the permanence of of it

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that's probably the hardest hardest

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thing to to swallow when it comes to

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just injuries so sit down with with a

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physical therapist that I've worked with

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over years and then say this is going to

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be permanent it's only going to get

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do what you can which sports you're

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competing here at the games and how do

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you do that with your back I've competed

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already in standing air rifle and then

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standing air pistol I did well get the

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standing rifle placed fourth and then I

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still have there's an exhibition for

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golf and then I'll be competing in

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archery which is my passion how I do it

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with my back is one to hit a time it's

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not every day that I could train even

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for for the games so I I take it as I

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can get it if I can't do one then I'll

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find something else to practice you said

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archery is your best or favorite sport

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here how did you get into that I was

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military adaptive sports program that

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that I was brought into when I was still

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in the recovery process they said try

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all these all these Sports and see if

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it's something that connects with you I

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picked up a bow and that was it it's a

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slow methodical process and a lot of it

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is core strength which helps my back the

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sport actually

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directly impacts my recovery so these

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are your first Warrior games what is

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your biggest takeaway uh biggest

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takeaway just in general is a community

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um I see I see other other sports I'm

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awesome uh really aggressive and kind of

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uh has that team team mentality uh it

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makes me want to participate cheer for

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somebody that I know that's competing

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that's given their all on the court and

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it's important for everybody so I think

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that that kind of sense of humanity is

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super important for me

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today best of luck thanks

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when we come back the identity of the

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company that got a half a billion

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welcome back to defense news weekly I'm

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Andrea Scott there's been a lot of

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Contracting Universe lately so for a

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week's defense dollars

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cancel a deal to purchase 45 boxer

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armored vehicles with related equipment

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and services for a total of 343 million

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intends to seek other options to acquire

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the latest decision is based on the

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findings of an internal audit

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commissioned by slovenia's defense

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minister in June 2021 after a new

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government took over

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if Slovenia were to proceed with the

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purchase of 45 boxers the ministry would

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be forced to buy at least 24 more

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armored vehicles to ensure sufficient

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capacities for a medium Battalion battle

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group

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Raytheon subsidiary Collins Aerospace

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won a contract worth as much as 583

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million dollars to produce the latest

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version of a technology that provides

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soldiers critical situational awareness

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and context on the battlefields

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the U.S army announced the award on

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September 8th for the mounted assured

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positioning navigation and Timing System

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Maps Gen 2 ensures troops understand

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where they are and where they are headed

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even in environments where GPS signal is

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jammed and other systems are being

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harassed

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the technology will be mounted into a

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variety of armored platforms including

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Abrams Tanks Paladin artillery and

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Bradley Fighting vehicles

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it will also go atop lighter options

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such as Strikers and Humvees

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Colombian president Gustavo Petro has

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reactivated the process to acquire new

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fighter jets to replace the country's

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aging cave fear Fleet Petro's decision

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may come as a surprise given his stance

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earlier this year on the campaign Trail

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when he said the purchase of combat

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aircraft or other military hardware

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would not be a priority during his time

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in office if elected why the u-turn well

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military sources in Bogota spoke to

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defense news anonymously to protect

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their careers

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they said the chief of the Colombian Air

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Force convinced the defense minister

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about the urgent need to replace at

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least part of the kefir Fleet which will

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begin retirement later in 2022 the

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defense minister in turn persuaded the

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president

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since 1989 Colombia has acquired 24

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kefir jets made by Israel Aerospace

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Industries

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Colombia's modernized cave fears are

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possibly the most advanced fighter jets

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with the most capable systems in service

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in South America

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but the age of the airframes is taking

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its toll

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between 2012 and 2014 multiple aircraft

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were lost in accidents at one point

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grounding the entire fleet

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extensive maintenance support from IAI

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brought the aircraft back to service

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in military headlines the Army's Chinook

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helicopters are coming back into service

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following a grounding of the fleet in

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August

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the helicopters were taken out of

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service for a quote abundance of caution

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after a series of engine fires were

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reported

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the Army said recently that 60 of its

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Chinooks are now clear to fly following

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Discovery and replacement of potentially

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faulty O-rings allowing fuel leaks in

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the engines

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and the space force now has its official

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song

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semper Supra was revealed in front of a

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crowd at the 2022 air and space force

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Association airspace and cyber

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conference in Maryland

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asked about the song in a media

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Roundtable Air Force Chief of Staff

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General Charles Q Brown Jr gave the song

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a compliment I'm not going to judge a

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song but I'm also kind of biased towards

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the Air Force song because I'm the

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United States Air Force so uh I'm not

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going to judge the song I looked at the

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uh you know the rest of us uh judge a

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song and I'm sure it'll grow on us as

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well yeah over time take a listen to the

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song

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[Music]

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oh God

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[Music]

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foreign

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[Music]

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over in the Marine Corps administrative

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actions against Marines seeking

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exemptions from covid-19 vaccinations

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for religious reasons have been halted

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the move follows a similar Navy policy

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and comes on the heels of a preliminary

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injunction by a federal judge blocking

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retaliation against Marines seeking the

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exemptions

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the guidance applies to Marines who have

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appealed exemption requests that have

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been denied a group that includes about

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1 100 Marines

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when we return our personal finance

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expert gives her latest tips in this

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week's money minutes

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[Music]

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welcome back on this edition of money

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minute Navy Federal Credit Union

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personal finance expert Jeanette Mack

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delivers her latest tips have a look

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having a savings strategy is crucial to

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any financial plan if you're parking all

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your earnings into one account hoping

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you'll have a savings at the end of each

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month you could be selling yourself

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short both on your bills and your bottom

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line instead keep what goes out and what

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should stay in savings separately make

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your savings work hard for your

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hard-earned money most financial

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institutions have three basic types of

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savings accounts traditional savings

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money market accounts and certificates

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if you're just building your savings and

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need an emergency fund a traditional

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savings account is your go-to account

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but if you're looking for an account

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with a higher return and don't want to

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lock up your funds go for a money market

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savings account certificates or CDs earn

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higher interest returns but are designed

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for long or short-term goals so be sure

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you can do without those funds until it

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matures bottom line when choosing a

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savings account you've got tons of

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options even small starts can finish big

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so whatever you do make the choice to

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save

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thanks Jeanette we'll see you next week

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to get more coverage of military and

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defense issues make sure to check out

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our headlines online at armenavy Air

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Force and marinequartetimes.com and

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defense news.com

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and for fresh headlines in your inbox

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every weekday subscribe to our early

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news on social media follow us on

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and when we come back some of the top

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stories from the Air Force and space

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forces association's airspace and cyber

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conference

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foreign

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welcome back to defense news weekly our

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reporters were on the ground this week

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tracking the biggest stories at the Air

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Force and space forces association's

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airspace and cyber conference here's a

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look at some of the top stories from the

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event

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the air and space forces association's

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annual air space and cyber conference

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returned to National Harbor Maryland

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this week the conference was buzzing

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with big topics including aerial

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refueling tankers drone wingmen for

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fighter jets the planned rollout of the

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next stealth bomber and the future of

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the F-35 Fighters Engine air Mobility

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command announced the kc-46 Pegasus its

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latest tanker had been cleared to carry

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out all refueling missions around the

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world such as combat missions and could

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refuel all planes but there's still one

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exception the A-10 Warthog due to a

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problem with the stiffness of the

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kc-46's boom that is now being

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redesigned

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L3 Harris and Brazilian Aerospace firm

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and brayer also made a play for the U.S

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tanker Market announcing plans to modify

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and brayer's KC 390 to sell it to the

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Air Force L3 and Embraer plan to add

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boom refueling capabilities to the KC

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390 which now uses a hose and drove

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system as well as modernized

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Communications equipment that can meet

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the US's latest command and control

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standards and they tout the so-called

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agile tankers ability to take off and

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land from short and rough runways which

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they say could come in handy if the Air

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Force had to set up an improvised base

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in the field during a future War

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the air force is also all in on the

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concept of having autonomous drone

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wingmen flying alongside fighter jets

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secretary Frank Kendall has made these

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collaborative combat aircraft one of his

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top priorities

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he envisions about five drones using

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artificial intelligence flying into

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battle alongside Fighters such as the

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F-35 or the futuristic Next Generation

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air dominance platform

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the concept is similar to the Royal

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Australian Air Force's loyal wingman

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program which uses Boeing's mq-28

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ghostbat drone companies such as Kratos

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General atomics and Lockheed Martin are

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just a few of the other defense firms

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that have been working on similar

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programs the Air Force is looking to

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have a competition for this program in

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2024

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the B21 Raider will have its public

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debut the first week of December Air

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Force acquisition Chief Andrew Hunter

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announced the Air Force's next stealth

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bobber will have its official rollout at

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Northrop grumman's facility in Palmdale

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California

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its first flight is planned to follow a

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few months later in 2023 when it flies

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from Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base

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where its formal flight tests will take

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place

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and will the F-35 get a new Advanced

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adaptive engine

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Pratt and Whitney and General Electric

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Aviation also made their pitchings for

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the future of the f-35's propulsion

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system GE is arguing their next

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Generation xa100 engine part of the

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Adaptive engine transition program will

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provide the thrust speed fuel efficiency

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and cooling ability the F-35 will need

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for its latest block 4 upgrades

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Pratt Whitney is touting the benefits

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and cost Savings of upgrading their

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f-135 engine which is currently in the

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F-35 under their enhanced engine package

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Pratt is also working on its own

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adaptive engine but says that's a better

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fit for the Air Force's future ingat

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program

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Air Force Chief of Staff General CQ

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Brown had a round table here 's what he

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had to say about the future of the

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f-35's propulsion system

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we needed to look at whatever the

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follow-on advanced propulsion is going

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to be for the F-35 or there's a ATP or

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Eep

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the other piece of this is actually as

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they're doing the business case analysis

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in OSD is we'd like to get the decision

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this year

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to get to a point to be able to you know

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which which way we're going to go and

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then that way we can better invest

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um you know to ensure we're going to

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provide opportunities here in the future

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those are just a few of the many things

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that were discussed that afa's airspace

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cyber conference for more coverage on

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that and other issues head to

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defensenews.com

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